Gaspare Gori-Mancini Explained

Type:Bishop
Gaspare Gori-Mancini
Bishop of Malta
Church:Roman Catholic
Diocese:Malta
Appointed:1 June 1722
Term:1722-1727
Term End:16 July 1727
Predecessor:Joaquín Canaves
Successor:Paul Alpheran de Bussan
Ordination:25 March 1676
Consecration:7 June 1722
Consecrated By:Antonfelice Zondadari
Rank:Bishop
Birth Date:1 April 1653
Birth Place:Rigomagno, Sinalunga, Italy
Death Place:Malta
Buried:St. John's Co-Cathedral
Nationality:Italian
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Honorific-Prefix:His Excellency
Honorific-Suffix:O.S.Io.Hieros.

Gaspare Gori-Mancini (April 1653 – 16 July 1727) was an Italian prelate who was appointed as Bishop of Malta in 1722.

Biography

Gori-Mancini was born in the spring of 1653 in Rigomagno in the Province of Siena Italy. In 1676 he was ordained priest of the Sovereign Military Order of Malta. On 1 June 1722 Pope Innocent XIII appointed him as the successor of Bishop Joaquín Canaves as Bishop of Malta. He was consecrated on 7 June 1722 by Cardinal Antonfelice Zondadari.[1] In 1723 Bishop Gori-Mancini, duly authorised by the Holy See, transferred the Seminary of the diocese from Mdina to Valletta. Gori-Mancini was bishop during the reign of Grand Master António Manoel de Vilhena. Bishop Gori-Mancini died after only five years as bishop on 16 July 1727 at the age of 74. He was buried in St. John's Co-Cathedral in Valletta. The tabernacle door and altar front with a medallion depicting the martyrdom of St. Catherine in the Chapel of Italy of the same Church were donated by him but later stolen by Napoleon.

References

  1. http://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/bishop/bgomanc.html "Bishop Gaspare Gori-Mancini, O.S.Io.Hieros."